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Best Main Course Poems

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The Main Course Should Be Mind
She has abounding beauty and long may it stay,
Far deeper than looks,
It keeps aging at bay,  
For she is a fair maiden,
The cream of...

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© Mike Toole  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: main course, heart, love, men, relationship,
Form: Rhyme



Lottery Winner Helps Homeless
As I walked into the banquet hall of the 
 Goodman’s Inn, the first thing that stood
 out to me were the eyes of the...

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Categories: main course, care, celebration, christmas, giving,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Poem Unlived
A poem unlived
is a poem merely written -- 

sustenance our words

let the body digest with heartfelt
regurgitation – a poem unlived
is a poem merely written
 
as...

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© Joe Dimino  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: main course, introspection, passion, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
When Octopus Came Round For Tea.
When Octopus came round for tea,
it was a tricky time for me.
Not knowing what he’d like to eat.
I wondered... savoury or sweet?

I borrowed spoons from...

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Categories: main course, childrenme, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 'twas the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas, I’d forgotten the sprouts
So I sent out a plea to the local boy scouts
I’d remembered the crackers, the turkey and...

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Categories: main course, christmas, food, humorous,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member She Likes To Knit Her Noodles
Her chopsticks are at the ready.
Her hands are good and steady.
She likes to knit her noodles!
The task has just begun...

She starts off with a mango...

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Categories: main course, food, funny, nonsense, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mcbeals Thanksgiving Turkey
He loved a drink did ol'Johnny McBeal
And offered to cook the thanksgiving meal
All the trimmings with turkey
For their friends and family
His wife agreed but no...

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Categories: main course, humor, thanksgiving,
Form: Limerick
That Colourful Drug
That colourful drug, love.
Phenomenal pheromones.
Give me love potion No.9.
It works devine.

That colourful drug, alcohol.
I want to drink it all.
In moderation of course.
Along with the main...

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Categories: main course, addiction, cool, society, drug,
Form: Verse
Premium Member A Valentine 3-Course Meal
your hand brushing mine

those long smoldering glances. . . . 

my appetizer


the taste of your mouth

a smorgasbord of kisses. . . . 

the scrumptious main...

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Categories: main course, romance,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member but a moment -
"Hurry!"
"Hurry, you've gotta see this!"
She yelled at me from a hundred yards down the beach ...
So I ran, barefooted, as fast as I could to...

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Categories: main course, appreciation, love, passion, romance,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Relaxing On the Beach
Oh, the taste of sweet mangoes 
While relaxing on a Caribbean beach.
Such a refreshing way to watch the sun 
Setting on the blue and calm...

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Categories: main course, happiness, imagination, life, passion,
Form: Free verse
The Poets Feast
From the table of their heart
The poet lets the reader feast
Providing them a banquet of
Emotional delicacies

With humorous appetizers
And delicious uplifting desserts

The main course can be...

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Categories: main course, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tree Top Dancers
Tree Top Dancers
and Circus Clowns

The neighbors moved away. 
They said nothing to anyone, 
they just left. 
New people took the home. 
There was a big...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: main course, death of a friend,
Form: Narrative
Coyote Full of Secrets Deep and Dark Pt1
The medicine man lifted up a  baby girl 
To the heavens like a cherished rare pearl
He called upon the gods to send a spirit
To...

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Categories: main course, imagination, mystery
Form: Rhyme
A Poetry Cooking Contest
if i'm a judge
then don't 
judge me
i will sip
a bit of
this

one and then a bit
of that and then
all the others
six at hand
or should
i say

at mouth...

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Categories: main course, muse,
Form: I do not know?

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